Patents by Inventor Kevin A. Kreeger
Kevin A. Kreeger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240169958Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Yiheng Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Publication number: 20230394769Abstract: A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Kevin Kreeger, Julian Marshall, David Mislan, Mark A. Prazer, Xiangwei Zhang
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Patent number: 11837197Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Yiheng Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Publication number: 20230230679Abstract: A system and method for reviewing a tomosynthesis image data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast, the method comprising, in one embodiment, causing an image or a series of images from the data set to be displayed on a display monitor and selecting or indicating through a user interface an object or region of interest in a presently displayed image of the data set, thereby causing an image from the data set having a best focus measure of the user selected or indicated object or region of interest to be automatically displayed on the display monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Kevin Kreeger, Xiangwei Zhang
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Patent number: 11663780Abstract: A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hologic Inc.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Kevin Kreeger, Julian Marshall, David Mislan, Mark A. Prazer, Xiangwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20230053489Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Xiangwei Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Yiheng Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Patent number: 11508340Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Xiangwei Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Publication number: 20220013089Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Xiangwei Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Publication number: 20220005277Abstract: A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Kevin Kreeger, Julian Marshall, David Mislan, Mark A. Prazer, Xiangwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210398285Abstract: A system and method for grouping objects (annotations or other marking) from multiple image slices into a single object, referred to as a grouped finding is provided, by grouping multiple slices as one single finding. Additionally, user interface interactions and controls are provided to efficiently navigate and interact with the grouped findings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: David WILKINS, Kevin KREEGER
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Publication number: 20210398653Abstract: A process for key image updating multiple image stacks includes obtaining a first key image list comprising at least one first key image corresponding to a first stack of medical images and obtaining a second key image list comprising at least one second key image corresponding to a second stack of medical images. The first key images are then mapped to the corresponding second key images such that in response to selection of one of the first key images of the first stack the process can map and display the selection of the first key image and the corresponding second key image of the second stack of medical images. In some examples, more than two stacks (e.g., 3 or more) of medical images can be mapped or synchronized in this fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: Kevin KREEGER, David WILKINS
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Publication number: 20210398277Abstract: A process for alerting a user of no results or no abnormalities with respect to a stack of medical images is described. The process includes determining if a stack of medical images has been analyzed for findings (e.g., of areas of interest in medical images). In accordance with a determination that the stack of medical images has been analyzed for findings and no findings have been found, displaying an indication that the stack of medical images has no findings, and in accordance with a determination that the stack of medical images has findings, displaying an indication that the stack of medical images has findings (and in some examples, indicating the number of findings in the stack of images).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: David WILKINS, Kevin KREEGER
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Patent number: 10977863Abstract: A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Nikolaos Gkanatsios, Kevin Kreeger, Julian Marshall, David Mislan, Mark A. Prazer, Xiangwei Zhang
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Patent number: 10978026Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Xiangwei Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Patent number: 10943390Abstract: Methods and systems related to dynamic visualization of a representation of a three dimensional object are provided. In some embodiments, a computer system accesses a volumetric dataset representing the object. The computer system applies a set of one or more light rays/vectors to the volumetric data-set representing the object and generates a plurality of intermediate images, each intermediate image of the plurality of intermediate images corresponding to each of the one or more light vectors applied to the volumetric data-set representing an object. The computer system generates an accumulated image based on the plurality of intermediate images. The computer system determines whether a user has manipulated the accumulated image within a predetermined amount of time and in accordance with a determination that the user has manipulated the accumulated image within a predetermined amount of time, updates the accumulated image based on a user manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: Georgiy Buyanovskiy, Kevin Kreeger
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Publication number: 20200345320Abstract: A system and method for reviewing a tomosynthesis image data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast, the method comprising, in one embodiment, causing an image or a series of images from the data set to be displayed on a display monitor and selecting or indicating through a user interface an object or region of interest in a presently displayed image of the data set, thereby causing an image from the data set having a best focus measure of the user selected or indicated object or region of interest to be automatically displayed on the display monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Jin-Long Chen, Haili Chui, Kevin Kreeger, Xiangwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200312441Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for displaying a set of multiple images, e.g., a set of medical image scans, associated with a particular patient and view, and presenting the images one at a time in sequence. For instance, presenting only one scan image at a time and allowing the user to adjust the “time,” effectively allowing the user to step backward or forward in time for the current view of a set of images. Such a method and system may allow the physician to more effectively view how the scan and/or anatomy changes over time compared to multiple side-by-side or top-to-bottom views of the same anatomy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: Kevin KREEGER, Kenneth FINEMAN
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Patent number: 10772591Abstract: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin A. Kreeger, Julian Marshall, Georgia K. Hitzke, Haili Chui
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Publication number: 20200258479Abstract: The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Andrew P. Smith, Ashwini Kshirsagar, Jun Ge, Yiheng Zhang, Haili Chui, Christopher Ruth, Xiangwei Zhang, Liyang Wei, Jay Stein
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Patent number: 10636184Abstract: Methods and systems related to image segmentation are disclosed. In some examples, a computer system obtains segmentation parameters based on a selection of a region of a displayed image. The selection of the region is associated with a select signal generated by an input device. In response to obtaining the segmentation parameters, the computer system processes the image based on the segmentation parameters. The computer system further adjusts the segmentation parameters based on one or more move signals generated by the input device. The move signal is associated with moving of a representation of the input device within the image. The computer system processes the image based on the one or more adjusted segmentation parameters and displays an image of the selected region based on the processing of the image using the adjusted segmentation parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: FOVIA, INC.Inventors: Kevin Kreeger, Georgiy Buyanovskiy, David Wilkins, Noah Brickman